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Re: Mavericks Server auto-connect

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On 2014-01-30, Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> wrote:
> Jolly Roger wrote:
>
>> I've got Mavericks Server running on a Mac mini that runs various
>> services for my network. I've got the Server application installed on
>> two other computers on the network: a Mac Pro, and a MacBook Pro for
>> remote management. 
>>
>> When I launch the Server application on the MacBook Pro, it
>> automatically connects to the Mac mini without asking. But when I launch
>> it on the Mac Pro, it presents me with this screen, where I must click
>> "Other Mac" and then another screen where I must select the Mac mini to
>> connect to it, followed by a third screen to specify the administrative
>> user credentials (which are already filled in from the key chain). 
>
> I have Mavericks Server on my mini and when I launch Server.app from a
> non-admin account it always presents me with a screen with 
> "This Mac - mini" and "Other Mac".  Probably because I've saved
> something somewhere "This Mac - mini" is highlighted (in light grey -
> clicking on it does a full highlight in blue but isn't necessary).
>
> I then hit Continue (return will do) and throws up a dialog asking for
> Administrator Name and Administrator Password, with my non-admin
> username filled in.
>
> I shift-tab back to the username field and start entering my admin
> username.  As soon as I have typed the last letter of that, it autofills
> the password *and* ticks "Remember this password in my keychain".
>
> At this point both the password field and the "Remember
> password" checkbox are greyed out.  It looks as though the only way to
> remove this setting would be to go into Keychain maintenance.
>
> Yes I have previously saved this password in the keychain (even though I
> have doubts about the wisdom of saving an admin password in a
> non-admin's keychain).

Yeah, that's similar to the unwanted behavior I have - only for me, the
credentials are already filled in. What I want is automatic, unprompted
connection to the server.

> It looks to me as though the info is getting stored in the keychain, and
> I do see Server entries there for 127.0.0.1 and mini.example.com
>
>> I'm trying to figure out why there is a difference in behavior.
>> Obviously, I would prefer the automatic connect behavior exhibited on
>> the MacBook Pro. 
>>
>> The web searches I've done so far offer no help on the topic.
>>
>> I've looked for a way to specify automatic connection in the Server
>> application, but don't see any such settings. 
>>
>> As far as I can tell, there are no preference files in
>> ~/Library/Preferences or /Library/Preferences on the MacBook Pro that
>> might cause this different behavior. Perhaps such defaults are stored
>> elsewhere.
>>
>> Any ideas are welcome!
>
> Look in Keychain Access?

I looked at the key chain again and figure out what was going on. A
while back I changed the host name of this machine. But I still had a
key for the old name in the key chain, in addition to another for the
new name. Apparently, that was enough to cause Server to refrain from
connecting automatically.  Once I removed the key with the old name, and
relaunched Server, it automatically connected to the server without a
single intervention from me. None of the screens described above
appeared. As soon as I launched the Server application, it opened a
connection to the server, not even asking for credentials, which is what
I want. 

Thanks for giving me the curiosity to go look at the key chain again.  

: )

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Mavericks Server auto-connect Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-01-28 03:57 +0000
  Re: Mavericks Server auto-connect billy@MIX.COM - 2014-01-30 16:20 +0000
    Re: Mavericks Server auto-connect Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-01-30 16:37 +0000
  Re: Mavericks Server auto-connect Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-01-30 19:27 +0100
    Re: Mavericks Server auto-connect Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-01-31 04:23 +0000
      Re: Mavericks Server auto-connect Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-01-31 09:48 +0100
        Re: Mavericks Server auto-connect Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-01-31 17:26 +0000
      Re: Mavericks Server auto-connect Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-01-31 12:16 +0000
        Re: Mavericks Server auto-connect Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-01-31 17:28 +0000

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